What are the generals named Li in ancient times? It is best to be famous.

Li Guang (? - 119 BC), a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, was born in Chengji, Longxi. His ancestor Li Xin was a famous general of the Qin State. He once led the Qin army to chase Prince Dan of Yan to Liaodong. In 166 BC, the Huns invaded the border areas in large numbers, and Li Guang joined the army as a young man to fight against the Huns. He fought bravely and killed many enemies, which greatly impressed Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. Nine years later, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, and Li Guang was promoted to Cavalry General and became the forbidden cavalry general beside Emperor Jing. When the kings of Wu and Chu rebelled, Li Guang followed Taiwei Zhou Yafu as a knight commander to fight against the rebellion. He captured the rebel flag at the foot of Changyi City and made outstanding military exploits. After the rebellion of the kings was put down, Li Guang was transferred to the northwest frontier of Shanggu, Shangjun, Longxi, Yanmen, Daijun, and Yunzhong as a prefect to fight against the invasion of the Huns.

Once, when the Huns attacked Shangjun, Emperor Jing sent a personal attendant to Li Guang's army. This personal attendant took dozens of horse guards on a trip, and encountered three Huns knights on the road. As a result, all the guards were shot and killed, and the personal attendant himself was shot by an arrow and fled back. When Li Guang heard the news, he led a hundred cavalry in pursuit, shot two of them personally and captured one alive. As soon as they tied the prisoners onto their horses, thousands of Xiongnu cavalry arrived. When they saw Li Guang and others, they thought they were soldiers of the Han army luring the enemy, and quickly seized a high ground. The hundred cavalrymen led by Li Guang hurriedly mounted their horses and tried to escape. Li Guangda shouted: "We are dozens of miles away from the army. If we run away, we will die! If we don't run away, the Huns will think it is a trick to lure the enemy and they will not dare to attack us." Then he led his soldiers to greet the Huns cavalry, two miles away from the front of the Xiongnu formation. , he ordered the soldiers to dismount and unsaddle. The Huns were confused about their intentions and did not dare to attack. They only sent one general out to test. Li Guang flew to the front of the formation, shot him off his horse, and then calmly returned to the team. At midnight, the Huns thought that there must be a Han army ambushing and attacking at night, so they led their troops away.

In 140 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the throne and appointed Li Guang as Weiyang Guardsman. Four years later, Li Guang led his army out of Yanmen Pass and was surrounded by doubled Xiongnu troops. The Xiongnu Chanyu had long admired Li Guang's reputation and ordered his subordinates to capture him alive. Li Guang was eventually wounded and captured because he was outnumbered. During the escort, he flew to seize the enemy's horses, shot and killed numerous chasing horses, and finally returned to the Han camp. From then on, Li Guang won the title of "Flying General of Han" in the Xiongnu army. After returning to the dynasty, Li Guang was dismissed from the army by the Han Emperor and demoted to a commoner.

A few years later, the Xiongnu killed the governor of western Liaoning and defeated General Han Anguo. Emperor Wu re-appointed Li Guang as the right governor of Beiping. The Xiongnu heard that "Flying General" was guarding Youbeiping and did not dare to invade for several years. Once, Li Guang went out hunting and saw a big rock in the grass. He thought it was a tiger and shot it with an arrow. When he looked closer, he realized that the arrow had hit a big stone, but the arrow had penetrated deeply into the stone. He stretched his bow and shot again at the stone, but he could no longer put the arrow into the stone.

In 120 BC, Li Guang led four thousand cavalry out of Youbeiping. Cooperated with Zhang Qian in the expedition against the Huns. After advancing hundreds of miles, they were suddenly surrounded by 40,000 cavalry led by King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu. More than half of the Han soldiers were killed or wounded, and they were almost running out of arrows. Li Guang ordered the soldiers to draw their bows without firing, and he shot many of the Xiongnu generals with his big yellow bow. The Xiongnu soldiers were greatly frightened and were restrained by Li Guang's bravery and did not dare to act rashly. It was not until the next day that the main force of the Han army arrived and Li Guang's army was able to break out of the siege.

In 119 BC, General Wei Qing led his army to attack the Huns, and Li Guang, who was in his 60s, assumed the post of former general. After leaving the fortress, Wei Qing learned about Shan Yu's station from the prisoners. He wanted to get rid of Li Guang and achieve great success, so he ordered Li Guang's forward troops to merge with the right wing and leave the east road. He led his own Chinese army to pursue Shan Yu. Li Guang fought hard to no avail, so he led his army to join forces with General Zhao Shiqi on the right to leave the east road. Because the road was difficult to walk and there was no guide, I finally lost my way. At this time, Wei Qing engaged Shanyu, but Shanyu fled. Wei Qing had to return in vain, and only met up with the right-wing troops on the way back. Wei Qing sent his cronies to Li Guang with wine and meat to express condolences and asked him how his right-wing troops had lost their way. He said that Wei Qing was going to report to the emperor and put the responsibility of the missing Chanyu on the right general Zhao Shiqi. Li Guang was an upright person, so he naturally refused. Wei Qing was furious and sent people to urge Li Guang's staff to go to the Chinese army for interrogation. Li Guang said, "They are not guilty. The responsibility for getting lost lies with me. I will go to trial myself." He took all the responsibility on himself. After the visitor left, Li Guang looked at those generals who had fought with each other for many years and sighed with emotion: "I have been in the army since I was young and have fought with the Xiongnu for more than seventy years. I didn't expect that I would be pushed so hard by the general now. I am already over sixty years old." , How can I suffer such humiliation again?" After saying that, he drew his sword and committed suicide. A generation of famous generals were wronged and died miserably.

Wang Changling, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, said in a poem: "The bright moon of the Qin Dynasty passed the Han Dynasty, and the people who marched thousands of miles have not yet returned. But the flying generals of Dragon City are here, and Hu Ma is not called to travel to the Yin Mountains." The border war in the early Han Dynasty was A special war, its natural and humanistic characteristics determined that this war was extremely difficult and cruel. Long-distance attacks far from the rear, hasty encounters like storms, and isolated battles with huge numbers have become common ways of fighting. Li Guang is undoubtedly an outstanding general adapted to these combat characteristics. His extraordinary bravery, determination and adaptability, his loyalty and integrity, and his unconventional military management methods made him a famous general who was supported by his subordinates and feared by the enemy.

Li Mu was a native of Zhao during the Warring States Period. His life activities can be roughly divided into two stages. The first stage was fighting against the Huns on the northern border of Zhao State; the latter stage was participating in political and military activities in the DPRK. Throughout his life, he was mainly active on the historical stage as a military commander.

About the middle period of King Zhao Huiwen (298 BC - 266 BC), Li Mu had become a wise and strategic general.

He often lived in Yanmen County (today's north of Ningwu, Shanxi). According to actual combat needs, he set up officials and subordinates, and all local city rents were handed over to the shogunate as military expenses. He treated his soldiers favorably and rewarded them by slaughtering several cows every day; he paid attention to improving their combat capabilities and trained his soldiers in riding and shooting every day; he had strict defensive measures, selected personnel to detect the enemy's situation, and sent out alarm signals at any time. He made an agreement with the army and the people: once the Huns invaded and no attack order was given, all men, horses and materials would be quickly retreated into the fortress to defend themselves, and no attack would be made easily. This persisted for several years without any casualties in the army, forming a well-equipped and extremely high-quality border defense force.

But the Xiongnu thought Li Mu was timid, and some people in the army thought their generals were timid, and there were often discussions about this. When King Zhao heard the rumor, he blamed Li Shou. Li Mu ignored him and angered King Zhao, who summoned him back to the court and replaced him with another faction.

The new general guarded the border for more than a year. When the Huns invaded, he led his troops to fight. Most of the battles were defeated, with heavy losses and casualties, and the border residents were unable to carry out normal farming and animal husbandry. King Zhao had no choice but to ask Li Mu to come out to guard again, but Li Mu declined, insisting that he was ill and would not go out. King Zhao tried to force him again and again, but Li Mu said: "The king will use his ministers as before, so I dare to obey my orders." King Zhao agreed, so Li Mu went to the border area again.

Li Mu was as always, the Huns still gained nothing for several years. However, the Xiongnu still thought that Li Mu was cowardly, and the border soldiers were generously supported but could not serve, so they all wanted to ask for a battle. So Li Mu selected 1,300 chariots, 13,000 fine cavalry, 50,000 warriors, and 100,000 archers, and stepped up his tactics. At the same time, he indulged the border people's livestock and filled the wilderness with people, inducing the Huns to invade.

When a small group of Huns invaded, Zhao Jun pretended to be defeated and abandoned thousands of people to the enemy. The Xiongnu Chanyu was greedy for the people's property, so he invaded with a large army. Li Mu set up a strange formation, surrounded it on both sides, severely attacked the enemy, and defeated more than 100,000 Xiongnu horses. He successively destroyed (Qian Zhan) Bao, conquered Dong Hu, and surrendered Lin Hu. Shanyu fled in despair and did not dare to approach the border towns of Zhao for more than 10 years.

Because Li Mu ensured the security of Zhao's border, Zhao's monarchs and ministers were able to deal with Qin's annexation war without any worries. In fact, Lin Xiangru, Lian Po, Zhao She and others were very successful in political and military struggles. Every victory is supported by Li Mu’s cooperation.

Li Mu came to serve in the court about 20 years after King Xiaocheng (246 BC). In this year, he was transferred back to the DPRK due to state affairs, and went to Qin as prime minister to establish an alliance, so that Qin returned the hostage of Zhao. Two years later, King Mouxiang succeeded to the throne. At that time, Zhao She and Lin Xiangru were dead, Lian Po and Le Cheng both fled to other countries, and Li Mu became an important minister in the court. In the second year of King Mouxiang's reign (243 BC), he led troops to capture Yan's Wu Sui (now west of Xushui County, Hebei Province) and Fangcheng (now south of Gu'an County, Hebei Province). At this time, Thailand quickly annexed a large area of ??Wei's land, forced Wei to surrender, and then turned its main forces against Zhao. In the second year of Zhao Wangqian's reign (234 BC), Qin general Huan (Chiqi) captured Zhao's Pingyang (today's west of Linzhang County, Hebei Province) and Wucheng (today's west of Wucheng County, Shandong Province), and killed Zhao general Hujue, beheading 10 people. Ten thousand. Three years later (233 BC), he led a heavy army to attack Zhao. Zhao sent Li Mu as a general and defeated the Qin army in Yi'an (now southwest of Gaocheng County, Hebei Province). Huan (Chiqi) was defeated and fled. The King of Qin was furious and offered thousands of pounds of gold to buy the head of Huan (with a strange tooth) (also known as Fan Yuqi). It can be seen that this victory dealt a heavy blow to Qin, and Zhao got a chance to breathe. Because of his great merit, Li Mu was named Lord Wu'an.

In the fourth year of Zhao Wangqian's reign (233 BC), Qin once again sent troops to attack Zhao Zhifanwu (now Pingshan County, Hebei). Li Mu attacked and the Qin army was defeated, but Zhao also suffered heavy military losses. At that time, Han and Wei had already obeyed Qin's orders and followed the Qin army to attack Zhao. For this reason, Li Mu marched south to resist the attacks of Han and Wei.

In the seventh year of Zhao Zhengqian (229 BC), Qin general Wang Jian launched a massive attack on Zhao and led the Shangdang soldiers directly to Jingxing (now Jingxing County, Hebei). Yang Ruihe led the soldiers from Hejian to encircle Zhao. Both are Handan. The State of Zhao sent Li Mu and Sima Shangqing to resist with their entire army, and the stalemate lasted until the second year. Due to years of wars, earthquakes in the north, and widespread famine, Zhao's national strength has been quite weakened, and even greater worries are still in the court. The dim-witted Zhao Wangqian has no intention of attacking Guo Kai, the Qin spy who framed Lian Po. Trust without doubt. The Qin State could not win quickly on the battlefield, so it resorted to counterintuitive tactics and bribed Guo Kai with heavy sums of money to falsely accuse Li Mu and Sima Shang of treason. Zhao Wangqian did not make any analysis and immediately sent Zhao Gai and Qi general Yan Ju to replace Li Mu. For the sake of the country's army and people, Li Mu refused to hand over military power and continued to resist bravely. King Zhao and Guo Kai secretly spied on him, took advantage of his unpreparedness, captured and killed him, and deposed Sima Shang. Three months later, Wang Jian defeated the Zhao army, killed Zhao Gai, captured Zhao Wangqian and Yan Ju, captured Handan, and destroyed the Zhao state.

Li Mu was the best general of the Six Eastern Kingdoms at the end of the Warring States Period. His innocent murder made future generations sigh with regret. When Hu Sansheng annotated "Tongjian", he linked Li Mu's murder to the demise of Zhao: "Li Mu, whom Zhao relied on, killed him to hasten his death." Sima Qian wrote in "Historical Records: Praise to the Zhao Family" It is said in the book that Zhao Wangqian was "initiated by his mother" and "had no practice and believed in slander, so he killed his good general Li Mu and appointed Guo Kai". It may not be appropriate to criticize King Zhao for moving to anger his mother, but his indignation is connected with the readers' hearts. Such outrage. It plays a strong and profound educational role and is also a comfort to patriots.

Li Jing (571-649), also known as pharmacist.

Li Jing was born into a family of officials and was the nephew of Sui general Han Qinhu.

His grandfather Li Chongyi served as the governor of Yinzhou and was granted the title of Duke Yongkang; his father Li Quan served in the Sui Dynasty and became the prefect of Zhao County. Li Jing was tall and tall. Due to the influence of his family, he had "civil and military talents" since he was a child, and he was also quite enterprising. He once said to his father: "When a real man meets the Lord, he must make meritorious deeds to gain wealth." "His uncle Han Qinhu was a famous general in the Sui Dynasty. Every time he discussed military affairs with him, he always applauded him and said to him, "The only person who can compare with Sun and Wu's skills is Si." Li Jing was appointed first. He was a meritorious official in Chang'an County, and later served successively as the head of the palace and a member of the driving department. Although his official position was humble, his talents were well-known among the officials of the Sui Dynasty. Niu Hong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, praised him as having "the talent of a king's assistant." He said: "You will finally sit here!" [1] In the last years of Daye (605-617), Li Jing was appointed as the Prime Minister of Mayi County (governing the east of Shuo County, Shanxi today). At this time, the peasant struggle against the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty was already raging. The three main forces led by Dou Jiande in Hebei, Zhai Rang and Li Mi in Henan, and Du Fuwei and Fu Gong'er in Jianghuai were overwhelming the corrupt rule of the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan during the Sui Dynasty, also secretly recruited troops and waited for the opportunity. Li Jing noticed his motive, so he "locked himself up" and went to Jiangdu to report the matter. But when they arrived at Chang'an, the capital, Guanzhong was already in chaos, and the trip was not possible due to road congestion. Soon, Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan (see Li Yuan's Raid in Taiyuan), quickly captured Chang'an (see Li Yuan's Battle of Capture of Chang'an), and captured Li Jing. Li Jing was full of knowledge but had unfulfilled ambitions. When he was about to be beheaded, he shouted loudly: "The public rebels are originally to eliminate riots in the world. They don't want to do big things, so they kill heroes with personal grudges!" Li Yuan appreciated his words and actions, and Li Shimin admired him. Because of his talent and courage, he was released. Soon, he was called into the shogunate by Li Shimin and served as the third guard. In May of the first year of Wude (618), Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor of Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin was named King of Qin. In order to pacify the separatist forces, Li Jing followed the King of Qin eastward and pacified Luoyang. Bust portrait of Li Jing

Wang Shichong, who proclaimed himself emperor, was awarded the title of Kaifu with military merit. From then on, Li Jing began to stand out. Not long after the battle against Wang Shichong (see the Battle of Luoyang and Hulao) started, the Xiaoxian regime of the Later Liang Dynasty, which was entrenched in Jiangling (now part of Hubei Province), sent a fleet of boats up the river in an attempt to capture Tang Dynasty's Xiazhou (now Yichang, Hubei Province), Ba, and Shu and other places were repulsed by Xu Shao, the governor of Xiazhou, and they retreated to Anshu City and Jingmen City. In order to neutralize the separatist power of Xiao Mian in the Later Liang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty Li Yuan sent Li Jing to go to Kuizhou (today's Fengjie, Sichuan) to install Xiao Mian. Li Jing was ordered to lead his cavalry to take office. When he was passing through Jinzhou (today's Ankang, Shaanxi Province), he encountered the barbarian Deng Shiluo and tens of thousands of people living in the valley. Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang, attacked and was defeated one after another. Li Jing made suggestions for the King of Lujiang and defeated the barbarians in one fell swoop, taking many prisoners. So he passed Jinzhou smoothly and arrived in Xiazhou. At this time, Xiao Mian was blocked again because he controlled the dangerous fortress and was unable to move forward. However, Li Yuan mistakenly thought that he was delayed and delayed the military flight, so he secretly ordered Xu Shao to execute him. Xu Shao cherished his talent and prayed for his life, which saved him from death. Soon, Ran Zhaoze, the leader of the Kaizhou barbarians, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and led his troops to invade Kuizhou. The Tang army led by Zhaojun Wang Li Xiaogong failed in the battle. Li Jing led 800 soldiers to attack his camp and defeated the barbarian troops. Later, he set up an ambush in a strategic place, killed Zhaoze in a battle, and captured more than 5,000 people. When the news of the victory reached the capital, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty happily said to the minister: "I have heard that it is better to do what I have done before, and Li Jing has shown his effect." He immediately issued a seal to express his condolences to Li Jing, saying: "You have done your best with all your heart, and the results are outstanding. Seeing the truth from afar is a great reward, and don't worry about wealth." Li Jing's sincerity and loyalty won Li Yuan's trust, and he changed his prejudice against him. He wrote an edict to Li Jing himself: "Let bygones be bygones, I have forgotten the past for a long time. ”

Li Su (773-821) was a general in the Tang Dynasty. The character Yuan Zhi was born in Lintan, Taozhou (now part of Gansu), Li Shengzi. He has a strategy and is good at riding and shooting. He was first appointed as the governor of Fang and Jin prefectures.

Brilliant achievements: Night attack on Caizhou

1. Causes of the war

1. Wu Yuanji rebelled against Tang Xianzong in the ninth year of Yuanhe (814), in the eighth month of the leap year, Zhang Wu Shaoyang, the military commander of the Rebel Army (Huaixi), died. His son Wu Yuanji concealed the news of Shaoyang's death, took over the military affairs, and supported the army to become independent. The town of Huaixi only had three prefectures: Cai (now Runan, Henan), Shen (now Xinyang, Henan), and Guang (now Huangchuan, Henan). It was surrounded by prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty, so it was alone. In October, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, who had always been determined to level the vassal towns, appointed Yan Huan as the envoy to Cai, Shen and Guang, and decided to use troops in Huaixi to attack Wu Yuanji. In the tenth year of Yuanhe (815), Wu Yuanji was besieged from all sides by the Tang army and resisted stubbornly. He sent people to ask Chengde Wang Chengzong and Ziqing Li Shidao for help. While Wang and Li petitioned for Wu Yuanji's pardon, they sent troops to attack Huaixi. They sent people to burn the money, silk, grain and grass stored in the court, and assassinated the prime minister Wu Yuanheng who was leading the crusade. Xianzong was unmoved and promoted Pei Du, who advocated the use of military force, to prime minister, and ordered him to preside over the expedition. He also replaced Yan Shou with Han Hong, who had been fighting for a year without success. At the same time, he attributed the crime of assassinating Wu Yuanheng to Wang Chengzong and ordered the use of troops against Chengde. 2. The Tang army was defeated. In the eleventh year of Yuanhe (816), the Tang army attacked Chengde. The various Tang armies lacked a supreme commander and had difficulty coordinating their actions, so they were defeated one by one by Wang Chengzong. The Tang army in the Huaixi theater had no choice but to fight independently because of the self-respect of their coach Han Hongyang. The Tang army on the east route defeated the Huaixi army and captured Haoshan (now Qiudong, Henan). The Tang army on the northern route defeated the Huaixi army in succession. The Tang army on the southern route also captured the outer city of Shenzhou. On the west route, the Tang Army first defeated the Huaixi Army at Langshan (now Queshan, Henan), but then was defeated at Tiecheng (now southwest of Suiping, Henan).

Both China and foreign countries were shocked. However, Xianzong decided to continue using troops and appointed Prince Zhan Shi Li Su, the son of the famous general Li Sheng, as the commander-in-chief of the Tang Army on the West Route. In the twelfth year of Yuanhe (817), the campaign against Huaixi entered a critical year. In May, Xianzong ordered to stop using troops against Chengde and decided to concentrate his efforts to pacify Huaixi first. At this time, Li Guangyan from the north led the Tang troops from Heyang, Xuanwu, Weibo, Hedong and Zhongwu towns across the Anshui River and entered Yancheng, defeating 30,000 Huaixi soldiers and annihilating 23 out of 10. Yancheng ordered Dong Changling and guard general Deng Huaijin to surrender the city to the Tang Dynasty. When Wu Yuanji learned that Yancheng was not defended, he was very panicked and transferred all his soldiers and Caizhou defenders to the northern front to reinforce Dong Chongzhi's defense of Huiqu. The main force and elites of the Huaixi Army were attracted to the northern front. This created conditions for the Tang Army on the West Route to surprise Caizhou. In June of this year, Wu Yuanji saw that many of his subordinates had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and the military strength was sluggish. He apologized and stated that he was willing to return to the court. The envoy of Xianzong sent him an edict and allowed him to be exempted from the death penalty. However, Wu was held hostage by his right-hand man and general Dong Chongzhi and was unable to return to the court. Huaixi has reached the point where it is at the end of its road and is about to be destroyed. In July, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty felt deeply troubled by the 4 years of military use in Huaixi. The transportation was exhausted and the people were exhausted, so he appointed Pei Du, who was the strongest in the war, to lead the Changyi Army Jiedu Envoy and Huaixi Xuanwei Recruitment Envoy to go to Huaixi. Supervise the battle on the front line. In August, after Pei Du arrived at Yancheng, he stated in the above table that eunuchs were appointed to supervise the formations of all the roads, and the advancement and retreat of the soldiers depended on the envoys. If you win, you will be deceived by him, and if you lose, you will be humiliated. No one among the soldiers is willing to fight hard. Emperor Xianzong approved what he had said and sent envoys to the various Taoist formations. The generals will then be able to act arbitrarily and with great success in many battles. Li Su was therefore able to develop his talents without hindrance. 3. Li Su's expedition After arriving in Tangzhou (now Biyang, Henan), Li Su took various measures and actions, laying the foundation for the success of the surprise attack. First of all, as soon as he got off the bus, he personally visited the soldiers to express sympathy and comfort to the sick and wounded, so as to stabilize the morale of the soldiers. At the same time, they also deliberately showed weakness, pretending to be cowardly and lazy, and guarding the army with leniency in order to paralyze the enemy. Because the Huaixi Army repeatedly defeated the Tang Army on the West Route and saw that Li Su was in such a lowly position and acted so badly, they took it lightly and no longer took strict precautions against the Tang Army on the West Route. Secondly, in order to enhance the military strength on the western front and implement and complete the surprise attack plan, Li Su petitioned the imperial court to mobilize 2,000 infantry and cavalry soldiers from Zhaoyi, Hezhong and Fufang. Thirdly, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people in Huaixi and isolate and disintegrate Wu Yuanji, Li Su also took advantage of the continuous military deployment in Huaixi. Agricultural production was abandoned, warehouses were empty, and many people had no food. Many people fled to the areas controlled by the Tang army. He established a county to resettle 5,000 people in Huaixi. For the remaining households, select county magistrates for them, instruct them to properly raise them, and send troops to protect them. Again, in order to shake and disintegrate the morale of the Huaixi army and win the Huaixi soldiers for his own use, Li Su also adopted the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners and bold use of surrendered generals. After he captured the Huaixi general Ding Shiliang, he not only did not kill him, but instead appointed him an official. Ding Shiliang was grateful and offered a plan to capture Chen Guangqia, the mastermind of Wu Xiulin's tribe in Wenchengzha (now southwest of Suiping, Henan), and recruit 3,000 Wu Xiulin's men to surrender. The morale of the Tang army on the West Road was high, and they attacked many cities. Huaixi soldiers who surrendered came to the road in large numbers. Li Su planned to capture Caizhou and asked Wu Xiulin for advice. Wu Xiulin thought that if she wanted to capture Caizhou, she had to take Li You. Li Su planned to capture Li You alive to avoid his death, and appointed him as the general of his dental team - the military envoy of the Sixth Academy. Li You was moved by Li Su's confidants and important use, and tried his best to make plans for the attack on Caizhou. While Li Su gave preferential treatment to the surrendered and captured Huaixi soldiers and their families, he also paid great attention to asking about the inside information about Huaixi. He also abolished the old order to kill all those hiding spies in Huaixi and gave preferential treatment to the captured spies. The result was that the enemy spies told the truth and were used by Li Su. In this way, Li Su quickly figured out the enemy's dangers, distance, and weakness, laying the foundation for the success of the surprise attack on Caizhou. Finally, in order to clear out the periphery, isolate Caizhou and establish a surprise attack base close to Caizhou, Li Su successively sent troops to capture Wenchengzha, Ma'anshan, Lukouzha, Chayashan, Yelucheng and Xiping strongholds to the west and northwest of Caizhou. It connected with the Tang army in Yancheng area on the northern line and formed a unified force. He also sent generals to conquer the gates of Baigou, Wengang and Chucheng to the south and southwest of Caizhou, cutting off Caizhou's connection with Shen and Guangzhou. The main force of Li Su's army entered Wenchengzha, which is only 65 kilometers away from Caizhou.

2. Send troops for a surprise attack

In September, Li You saw that the conditions for a surprise attack were ripe, and told Li Su that all the elite troops in Huaixi were at Huiqu and the border to guard Caizhou. They are all old and weak. They can take advantage of the weakness to attack the city, catch Wu Yuanji by surprise, and capture Wu Yuanji in one fell swoop. Li Su was convinced and sent someone to secretly report the surprise attack plan to Pei Du. Pei Du appreciated it very much and agreed to send troops. On the tenth day of October, Li Su took advantage of the wind and snow, and the enemy troops relaxed their vigilance, which was conducive to a surprise attack. He ordered Shi Min to stay in Wencheng, and ordered Li You and others to lead 3,000 well-trained death squads as the vanguard. He and the supervisors would lead 3,000 people as the vanguard. The Chinese army ordered Li to enter the city and lead 3,000 people to the rear. The army's actions were very secretive. Except for a few generals, the entire army did not know the destination of the march and the tasks of the troops. Li Su only ordered to go eastward. After traveling 30 kilometers eastward, the Tang army arrived at Zhangchai Village at night. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders, they completely wiped out the defenders, including the soldiers responsible for the beacon alarm. After the whole army rested and ate for a while, Li Su left 500 men to guard the city gate to guard against enemies in the direction of Langshan. He also used 500 men to cut off the bridges leading to Huiqu and other directions, and ordered the whole army to set off immediately. The generals asked where the army was heading, and Li Su announced that they would enter Caizhou and take Wu Yuanji directly. All the generals were horrified when they heard the news, but the military orders were like a mountain, so the generals had no choice but to lead their troops to rush to the southeast.

At this time, it was late at night, the sky was cold, the wind and snow were blowing, the flags were broken, and the men and horses were frozen to death looking at each other on the road. No one in the Tang army knew the road east of Zhangchai Village, and everyone thought they would die. However, everyone was afraid of Li Su, and no one dared to disobey the order. In the middle of the night, the snow became heavier and heavier. The Tang army marched 35 kilometers and finally arrived in Caizhou. There was a chicken and duck pond near the city. Li Su ordered his soldiers to kill the chickens and ducks to cover up the sound of the march. Since Wu Shaocheng resisted the imperial order, the Tang army had not arrived at Caizhou City for more than 30 years, so the people of Caizhou were unsuspecting and did not discover the Tang army's actions. At the fourth watch, Li Su's army arrived at Caizhou City, but the defenders were still unaware of it. Li You and Li Zhongyi dug earth into the city wall as a ridge, took the lead, climbed to the top of the outer city, killed the sleeping gatekeepers, leaving only the night watchmen, and asked them to ring the watch as usual to avoid alerting the enemy. Now that Li You and others had succeeded, they opened the city gate and welcomed the Tang army. Then, they attacked the inner city according to law. When the rooster crows and the snow gradually stops, Li Su enters Wu Yuanji's outer house. At this time, someone noticed that the situation was different and urgently informed Wu Yuanji that the army was coming. Wu Yuanji Gao was still lying down and replied with a smile: "The prisoners are making trouble and they should be killed after daybreak." Then, someone else reported that the city had fallen. Yuan Ji still said casually, this must be the son of the Huiqu garrison asking for cold clothes from me. After getting up, Wu Yuanji heard the Tang army's order, and nearly 10,000 people responded, so he became afraid and led his troops to Dengya City to resist. After Li Su entered the city, he sent troops to attack Yacheng, and at the same time he favored Dong Chongzhi's family and sent his son to surrender. Dong Chongzhi rode alone to Li Su's army and surrendered. Wu Yuanji lost hope of the Huiqu defenders returning for reinforcements. On the 12th, the Tang army attacked Yacheng again. The people of Caizhou rushed to carry firewood to help the Tang army burn the south gate of Yacheng. At dusk, the city gate was broken down and Wu Yuanji surrendered. More than 20,000 soldiers from Shenzhou and Guangzhou and various towns also surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and Huaixi was pacified. The success of Li Su's surprise attack was not accidental. From a subjective point of view, Li Su managed the army well. He was frugal and treated his officers well, so that he could win the hearts of the soldiers. He also knew people well and dared to reuse surrendered generals, so that he could gain the enemy's sentiments. He saw that there was a possibility and dared to seize the opportunity of Caizhou's emptiness. , carry out surprise attacks; they are also good at strategy, good at paralyzing the enemy and destroying their people's morale and morale. All these enabled him to take advantage of the cloudy weather, snow, and lack of fire, to penetrate deeply alone, kill the entire army, and then achieve surprise victory. Objectively speaking, Tang Xianzong and Pei Du never changed their determination to pacify Huaixi, and they were able to concentrate their forces to use troops against Wu Yuanji, and even withdrew the envoys from the supervisory array, while the Tang army on the northern front contained and attracted the main force in Huaixi. Created favorable conditions for a surprise victory.

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